'Sons of Anarchy' Fans Sound off After Kurt Sutter Reveals 'First Nine' Prequel Odds 'Not Looking Great'

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Sutter had previously spoken about the possibility of The First Nine coming to fruition with Deadline back in October, where he was equally unoptimistic.

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"As of now, the possibility of doing that doesn't look that hopeful," he said at the time. "It's their property. They're not going to let me take it somewhere else. Right now, that relationship is in flux. With time and a shift in attitude, will we be able to do it? I don't know. Hopefully. Maybe."

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"As for how far it got, here's what I knew I wanted to do," Sutter continued, sharing some details. "I knew it wasn't a long series, that I wanted to do a limited series. Ideally, it was nine [or] ten episodes."

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He also professed his love for how Sherlock constructs its seasons. "I love the idea of doing four two-hour episodes. The way I write, the episodes are way longer than they are supposed to be anyway. So that to me would have been ideal."

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"To do four movies basically and tell a story that starts in Vietnam with John Teller and Piney and taking it through the last of the first nine members of the club to show up — which was Clay," Sutter went on. "And then ending it there. I didn't want to f— with the mythology that we had laid down. I just wanted to tell the story with the loose pieces we already had. I wanted the tone to be different because it's period.

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Despite the current outlook for the show, it didn't stop fans from offering their suggestions on what Sutter could do in the meantime. While some still offered their thoughts on how it could still be made.

Sons of Anarchy is currently available to stream on Hulu.